The CubeSat Program has involved amateur radio from day one. The success of the CubeSat Program lies not only in the hands of the developers and students, but everyone involved in tracking these spacecraft. A worldwide network of earth stations and CubeSat developers creates a close communinity and a lot of experience which will undoubtedly result in more advanced and efficient satellites.

CubeSat IRC

The CubeSat IRC channel is the place to be on launch day. Typically, amateur radio operators and developers from around the globe will collaborate their tracking efforts here and share tips and discoveries as new satellites are heard for the first time.

If you would like to join in the fun, point your favorite IRC client to:

irc.freenode.net

#cubesat

We suggest setting your nickname to something that identifies yourself individually, as well as a note to what organization you are from, if any. For example, "Org_Name_CALLSIGN".